When you use a picture book you do not have to finish it in one lesson. I always broke the picture book into 2-3 parts. I was taught by a great literacy coach that mini lessons should be 10-15 minutes long. You will run long from time to time. You just have to keep in mind your mini lesson is one component in your whole literacy program. For your program to be successful all components have their place. Sometimes less is more. A mini lesson plants a seed and then you follow up and grow the flower.
Troy Fredde On May 15, 2011, at 6:43 PM, Rosa Roper <rosaro...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I am looking for some guidance on teaching mini-lessons - mostly b/c my > mini's are actually maxi's... > I found a book that somewhat breaks down the structure of a mini- lesson, but > it also says to read a picture book, now when that happens we are looking at > about a 40 minute lesson (NOT MINI)! Is the mini the amount of time you spend > teaching, practice with a book not included??? > How do you keep your lessons in check? A run down would really be helpful - > if you have a lesson already typed out that you could email me that would > also be really helpful :-) > So is there a place for shared reading in a mini? Or even a read aloud? A > reading coach once told me that the mini lesson came after a whole group > shared experience (I teach 3rd) however that seems like way too much to teach > a whole lesson and then do another one even if it is a mini... > I also had a question concerning the Comprehension Toolkit: those are really > long lessons even if you use different text - to make them shorter I have > tried breaking the components down so that one lesson lasts a few days - is > that then considered a mini lesson? > Right now I teach about 30 minutes and then students have up to an hour for > independent reading while I confer or pull groups. 30 minutes seems too long > and I would like to be more time effective so I try to a structure like Daily > 5. My district allows us a 30 minute reading block. > > Any help would be appreciated! > Thanks > Rosa > 3rd grade > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
